GRIDLOCK SAM: Expect jams in Manhattan and the Bronx

It's not quite baseball season yet, but soccer season begins at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, as the New York City Football Club plays its home opener Sunday at 3 p.m. (Elsa / Getty Images)

Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 10

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

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Forget the song, the Bronx is down for traffic Sunday but so is Manhattan, which has the Tibetan Uprising Day march all over the borough.

Let's start with Manhattan. Marchers will go over the Brooklyn Bridge's walkway 7 a.m. Sunday and go on sidewalks on Lafayette St. and Third Ave. to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near 47th St. Marchers resume at 2 p.m., taking at least two lanes down Second Ave. and the westbound side of 42nd St., stopping near the West Side Highway, where they'll stay until 6 p.m. Avoid Lower Manhattan in the morning and the West Side Highway and Midtown in the afternoon.

The outbound roadway of the Manhattan-bound Williamsburg Bridge is closed from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday.

The Bronx has a soccer home opener at Yankee Stadium Sunday 3 p.m., and the Throgs Neck St. Patrick's Day Parade will not be far away on East Tremont Ave., which will be closed between Lafayette and Harding avenues from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The parade will go under the Cross Bronx, which will be sluggish before the New York Cityw Football Club match against D.C. United. Reminder, only one lane on the roadway's southbound exit ramp to the Major Deegan is open.

Soccer fans should take the 4, D or Metro-North, but be aware that from the Stadium, the 4 will skip stops in both directions, bypassing 23rd to 33rd Sts. in Manhattan, and 183rd St. to Bedford Park Blvd. in the Bronx. The D is only supposed to run every 12 minutes.

Downtown subway stations on the A and C lines are closed from 116th to 72nd streets this weekend. The Flushing-bound 7 will skip most local stops until 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The L is not running in Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn this weekend.